Is that a reflection of the outside floating guy? Or is that another person floating inside the building? Almost looks as if you need to flip it if its a reflection. I'm guessing from the title that it's another person experiencing the same thing.
author says:
oh crud, I was trying to make it a FLOOD reflection, as in water and I've already uploaded this to a different website and stashed the SBS, LOL.. won't have time to fix with my other chops.. BUT THANKS!!!
(5 years and 2756 days ago)
author says:
total dummer on my part LOL
(5 years and 2756 days ago)
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I like the idea especially the cooler and guy with red hat. It seems to represent the best light source from the beach. One suggestion for you...perhaps lighten or 'brush' away the tops of the shadows in the layer mask with a 50% opacity brush. This might help give the shadows some depth. Also, if you squash the shadows a bit...more like 'flatten' them by distorting them they will have a more believable plane. Does that make sense?
author says:
Thanks, I was hoping somebody would come up with some suggestions for improvements.
I agree with pixelkid with the shadows perspective, I would work a bit longer on some of the masking. Mostly the woman on the right around the head region. Also The guy behind the towel keeps distracting me. I don't know if its the location or that he is right behind the towel. I would try to move the guy closer to the ground and see if it helps with the composition. Although I could be wrong. Good Luck!
author says:
I have uploaded a better version, (I hope), further suggestions are welcome.
Using Gaussian blur on the shadows will make them less sharp (and warp will shape them also) , and running a blur tool brush over your masking edges help images to blend better (Using distort to make the shadows more perspective correct helps a lot as well (if you don't have warp) )
But the more you practice the more you figure things out, this is a great effort.. (Reduction of the amount of floating things might help as well, less is more ) but that could just be me and always IMHO
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